Foodservice distributor for UK restaurants, catering, and hospitality
Brakes is a mid-sized foodservice supplier to UK hospitality, part of Sysco's global network. The tech stack is enterprise-conventional (Azure, AWS, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow), with active Salesforce adoption underway. Hiring accelerates across sales (18 roles) and support (6), signaling a customer-acquisition and retention push — consistent with stated pain points around new customer wins and existing account growth.
Notable leadership hires: Lead Generation Manager
Brakes supplies food, beverages, and foodservice solutions to restaurants, catering operators, and hospitality venues across the UK. The company is owned by Sysco Corporation and operates alongside sister distributors in Ireland, France, and Sweden. With 5,001–10,000 employees, Brakes manages a broad supply chain, procurement operation, and customer-facing sales and support teams. Current focus areas span territory expansion, reducing product waste, pricing optimization, and infrastructure modernization.
Brakes runs on Azure, AWS, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Nutanix, VMware, and Microsoft 365. The company is actively adopting Salesforce for sales operations.
Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. The company also hires in Ireland and is part of Sysco's European foodservice division.
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